Christa Pike to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years – but her defence say she's a victim too
Lawyers for Pike, who killed a fellow student in 1995, say she should get clemency and would not be sentenced to death if the crime happened today.
Young people in China are fangirling over a professor who gets their anxiety
China’s economy and tech have developed at breakneck speed, but there is plenty worrying its Gen Z.
Australian backlash to datacentres is faux import from US, officials say: ‘We are not the United States’
Pro-datacentre officials argue scale of Australia’s buildout is smaller, more regulated and less damaging than in USAustralian politicians and business leaders are arguing that their populace’s growing resentment of …
Are claims of a white genocide in South Africa real?
Thousands of white crosses have been displayed in Washington by an Afrikaner lobby group But South Africa’s new ambassador Roelf Meyer says there is not a genocide.
Mother of woman found hanging in tree shocked as police say body was staged
Christy Spivey tells the BBC she only has more questions now police think Tasia Fortune’s body was put in the tree after her death.
Major storm in US north-east knocks out power for 100,000 and floods roads
Residents across New Jersey, Massachusetts, Delaware and New York without electricity as storm hitsA slow-moving, powerful storm known as a nor’easter crept along the coast of the US north-east on Saturday, producing h…
Private colleges around Australia offering last-minute discounts for diploma allegedly ‘misused by shonks’
Federal government to deregister graduate diploma of management in October over fears it was being used by ‘non-genuine’ students to remain in countryFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our brea…
Republic of Ireland to wear black armbands for Israel game
Republic of Ireland players intend to wear black armbands “in recognition of all lives lost in the [Gaza] conflict” for match against Israel.
Don’t let music become louder than unanswered questions: Gitanjali Angmo on Ladakh Festival
The Ladakh administration is organising a music festival exactly a year after firing on a Statehood agitation caused the deaths of four Leh residents, with the anniversary being observed as Martyrs Month
Defiant Manchester City chairman refuses to budge over reported Premier League financial breach charges
Eight-time Premier League champions Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak said the club remained confident of proving their innocence, a day after media reports that City had been found guilty of 114 breaches of F…